"There really are cannons?" Yang Mubo's eyes widened when he saw that Zhu Bomu had managed to get his hands on a cannon in such a short time.
"Hehe, of course there are cannons. Everyone, please follow me to the drill ground.”Zhu Bomu stood up.
Seeing Zhu Bomu stand up, everyone followed him out. Not long after, they arrived at a hundred acres drill ground that seemed to have been opened up not long ago.
The 3,600 soldiers on the drill ground were all wearing the uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, and they were all wearing chain mail and leather armor.
About 1,500 of these soldiers were armed with muskets, 500 of them had more than 100 crouching tiger cannons placed in front of them, and 500 of them had a large square box placed on a cart in front of them. There was a small water outlet in front of the box.
This thing was called the alchemical fire oil cabinet, a unit from the Empire Era. No one knew how it was made, but it could spray the oil 30 meters away. Once it was lit, it was extremely powerful, much more powerful than the alchemical fire oil cabinet in history.
Other than the alchemical fire oil cabinet, the Divine Arms Battalion's muskets and crouching tiger cannons seemed to be upgraded versions.
The musket was still an arquebus, but its range was actually the maximum range of an arquebus, 100 meters, and it could penetrate armor to 80 meters. The crouching tiger cannon had a range of 300 meters, divided into sub-shells and solid shells.
The Divine Arms Battalion had a total of 3,600 people. Other than these people, there were also 1,000 cavalrymen from the 5,000 battalions. However, they were all wearing Shanwen armor. Not everyone could be equipped in such a manner.
On the outside was the metal Shanwen Armor, on the inside was the chain mail, and on the inside was the cotton armor. The result of this kind of equipment was that after Zhu Bomu exchanged for 1,000 Southwest Heavy Cavalry, 2,600 Divine Arms Battalion, and 1,000 Divine Arms Battalion, he was completely broke.
One had to know that he still had five battalions and three thousand battalions that he hadn't exchanged for. He probably wouldn't be able to exchange for all of them because of the system restriction. He could only exchange for ten thousand people, and now he had five thousand two hundred people.
These 5,200 men were 2,600 from the Divine Arms Battalion, 1,000 from the 5,000 Battalion, 1,000 from the Southwestern Heavy Cavalry, and 100 each from the Southwestern Light Cavalry, mounted scouts, archers, hunters, spearmen, and sword-shield soldiers.
Fortunately, the 3,000 Embroidered Uniform Guards were not included in the combat unit. Otherwise, he would immediately face the pain of the upper limit.
Not to mention Zhu Bomu's pain, when the Divine Arms Battalion and the 5000 Battalion appeared in front of the dozens of chieftains, this group of people was simply stunned. They all looked at the Shanwen Armor on the 5000 Battalion and the handguns and crouching tiger cannons in the hands of the Divine Arms Battalion.
"Everyone, don't be anxious. I'll let my subordinates practice for everyone.”As he spoke, Zhu Bomu signaled for Shen Lian to get the Divine Arms Battalion ready for training.
" Musketeers, get ready!" A guerrilla general of the Divine Arms Battalion rode a warhorse and ran around the front of the formation. After he finished speaking, the 1,500 musketeers immediately lined up in three rows.
This was a tactic developed by the Duke of Qian, Mu Ying, in the early Ming Dynasty. The last person loaded the bullets, the middle person prepared, and the front person prepared to shoot.
This kind of gun formation could fire about six times a minute, and the crouching tiger cannons on both sides were glaring at the enemy, ready to fire at any time.
Fifty meters away from the Divine Arms Battalion, there were hundreds of wooden tablets. These were the enemies for this drill.
" Raise your musket!!!"
Five hundred muskets were raised at once.
"Release!"
" Pa, pa, pa!!!"
Scattered gunshots echoed throughout the drill ground. After the first shot, the people in the front row and the people in the second row immediately switched guns to shoot. The people in the second row took the muskets from the people in the third row and handed them empty muskets.
Because the gunpowder that Zhu Bomu asked the people in the firearms workshop to make was packed in cardboard, the loading time was reduced by a lot.
After the first row of people had fired three shots, the new handguns were loaded. This repeated process seemed simple but powerful.
" Crouching Tiger Cannon, fire!!!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Unlike the sound of frying beans, the crouching tiger cannon was small, but the sound of the cannon was very dull.
More than a hundred crouching tiger cannons fired at the same time, and the cluster bombs were immediately ejected. They opened up in mid-air and shot out dozens of bullets, turning the wooden sign in front of them into a sieve.
After the cluster bombs were fired, it was time for the solid bombs. For the practice of the solid bombs, Zhu Bomu had people move a large wooden door that was 30 centimeters behind and use a tree to block it before letting people fire.
The three-pound solid shell hit the wooden door 200 meters away, making a dull sound from time to time. However, the first round of bombardment did not manage to penetrate the wooden door.
It wasn't until the fourth round of bombardment that more than ten holes appeared on the wooden door. It was only after the seventh round of bombardment that a shell pierced through the bolt of the wooden door, causing the gate to open.
Seeing that the city gate was opened, Zhu Bomu turned around and said with a smile,""This is the crouching tiger cannon. Although its power is not comparable to the Qing army's cannons, the Qing army only has more than 900 cannons in the country.”
"Although the Crouching Tiger Cannon is small, it's not enough, but it's good in quantity.”
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